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Community Health Advocate Program: Project Overview

Publication type: 
Project Proposal / Grant Application
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Pages: 
3
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
This project overview for the Community Health Advocate Project by the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC), describes the role of the Community Health Advocate, the VWHC's working definitions of "community" and "violence against women," and includes quotes from women who have been abused within and by the health care system. The document also outlines the goals of the Community Health Advocate's role, and the different types of advocacy they do.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); Community Health Advocate Project; advocacy; education; women and health; women's health; violence against women; awareness raising; community-based health; volunteer; workshops; patients' rights;

Community Health Advocate Project (CHA) Evaluation Process Preliminary Questions

Publication type: 
Miscellaneous
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Sponsor: 
Vancouver/Richmond Health Board
Date: 
2001-06-14
Pages: 
6
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
This document is a precursor to the Community Health Advocate Project Evaluation Plan, and includes questions and answers addressing the Community Health Advocate Project, its success, its challenges, the directions it has gone in, and questions put forth in order to determine the type of research conducted for the evaluation. The desire for inclusiveness, efficacy and usefulness drives the questions in this document.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); Community Health Advocate Project; advocacy; education; women and health; women's health; violence against women; awareness raising; community-based health; volunteer; workshops; patients' rights; evaluation; qualitative research; research; research methods; program evaluation

Be An Advocate! Speak Out about Women's Health Issues

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Sponsor: 
Vancouver/Richmond Health Board
Date: 
1998
Pages: 
1
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A leaflet soliciting women to become volunteer Community Health Advocates, through the project of the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC). The leaflet describes the position and the opportunities available as a community health advocate, such as awareness raising and learning about the health issues of women in the community.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); Community Health Advocate Project; advocacy; patients' rights; women and health; education; community-based health; women's health; women and health; volunteer; awareness raising

Community Health Advocate Project: Evaluation Plan

Publication type: 
Project Proposal / Grant Application
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Sponsor: 
Vancouver/Richmond Health Board
Date: 
1999
Pages: 
10
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
This report, prepared by Diana Ellis for the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC), describes the evaluation plan to be implemented for the Community Health Advocate Project, at the request of the Vancouver/Richmond Health Board (its primary funder). The project and its goals and objectives are listed, as well as the evaluation approaches, goals, and objectives. It includes the evaluation methods which will be used, and the timeline of evaluation.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective; Community Health Advocate Project; report; advocacy; patients' rights;

Vancouver Women's Health Collective letter to the Premier

Publication type: 
Letter / Correspondence
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Date: 
1999
Pages: 
1
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A letter to BC Premier Glen Clark, from the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC), urging the provincial government to make women's health a priority and to support the continued voice of the Ministry of Women's Equality.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); women's health; BC Health system; BC provincial government; Ministry of Women's Equality; advocacy;

Is There a Need for a Community Based Health Advocate? A Report by the Vancouver Women's Health Collective For the Ministry of Social Services and Housing

Publication type: 
Project Proposal / Grant Application
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Date: 
1993-04
Pages: 
27
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
This report identifies the need for community health advocates, based on projects carried out by the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC), including a women's health conference and questionnaires used to determine the need for community health advocates. The proposal identifies and makes recommendations for community health advocates based on their questionnaire results.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); women and health; women's health; advocacy; health programs; community-based health; project proposal

Community Health Advocate Project pamphlet (Punjabi)

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Sponsor: 
Vancouver/Richmond Health Board
Pages: 
1
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
This pamphlet, produced by the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC) in Punjabi for their Community Health Advocate Project, describes patients' rights and the goals of the project. The pamphlet describes the Community Health Advocate Project as "an outreach project that educates women about their rights within the health care system" through workshops and support through community health advocates.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); Community Health Advocate Project; advocacy; patients' rights; health information dissemination; women's health; women and health; outreach; education; health care; community-based health

Community Health Advocate Project Pamphlet (Spanish)

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Sponsor: 
Vancouver/Richmond Health Board
Pages: 
1
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
This pamphlet, produced by the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC) in Spanish for their Community Health Advocate Project, describes patients' rights and the goals of the project. The pamphlet describes the Community Health Advocate Project as "an outreach project that educates women about their rights within the health care system" through workshops and support through community health advocates.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); Community Health Advocate Project; advocacy; patients' rights; health information dissemination; women's health; women and health; outreach; education; health care; community-based health

Introducing

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Sponsor: 
Vancouver/Richmond Health Board
Pages: 
1
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A leaflet introducing the women who have been trained as Community Health Advocates by the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC). Included are women advocating for Somali women, lesbian women, aboriginal women, women of colour, poor women, Farsi-speaking women, South Asian women, women with disabilities, etc.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's health Collective (VWHC); Community Health Advocate Project; advocacy; women and health; women's health; self help; health care; volunteer; empowerment; violence against women;

Community Health Advocate Trainer: Job Posting

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Date: 
1998
Pages: 
1
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A job posting for a Community Health Advocate Trainer, posted by the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC). The ad includes the job responsibilities of the position, qualifications, and what the VWHC will provide to the employee.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); Community Health Advocate Project; advocacy; training; women's organizations

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